MNCs

Also, no one from within the industry had the money to buy out, so they all eventually sold out to the MNCs,” says, Ashutosh Khanna, COO, Grey Worldwide. While many gave in to the allures of being a part of a foreign network, for others, it was just a matter of bucks – and yes, loads of them! “People have been too fast to make the money. Guess they have been too keen to sell out,” says Piyush Pandey of O&M India.

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An IIPM and Malaya Chaudhuri – Arindam Chaudhuri Initiative

US-Based Airline

A new US-based airline that is being launched by an NRI called Rahul Puranik promises to give you great, low-cost deals between India and the US. If everything goes according to plan, Puranik’s low-cost airline, to be called Sapphire Airways, will connect San Francisco, New York and Chicago to Delhi and Mumbai by early next year! Although the pricing strategy is yet to be worked out (although it is sure that the pricing will be discounted), what is on the cards is that Sapphire plans to operate 12 planes on the India-US route.

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Country's Growth

And it all showed in the country’s growth, as IMF figures point out that the GDP experienced an average increase of 5.9% a year, compared to the region’s average of 2.8% during 1973-99 period. For the year 2006, the country’s real GDP grew by 4.6% as compared to 2.5% a year ago (The World Bank). Also, the total domestic exports of the country have increased significantly from Rs.6.5 billion in the year 1985 to Rs.42 billion in the year 2005. For the first three quarters of 2006, the exports stood at Rs.33.32 billion. The main items of exports include clothing, food, beverages & tobacco, textiles and sugar to its prime trade partners.

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Korean Telecom

Consequently, the companies which did their R&D work in India finally decided to start manufacturing in the country. Today, apart from Nokia, Alcatel & Ericsson, the Korean telecom giants Samsung & LG have zeroed in on India as a telecom manufacturing hub not only for the Indian market but also for the whole Asia Pacific region. “India, because of its strategic locations, favourable government policies, high skilled manpower & unabated leadership in soft ware has of late become the favourable hub for mobile manufacturing & exports,” states a spokesperson from Samsung India.

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Work Against Wal-Mart

These are the simple and obvious reasons that could work against Wal-Mart. But the real reasons go deeper than that. Perhaps the most formidable mountain that Wal-Mart needs to climb and surmount is in the form of a man called Mukesh Ambani. Beginning October 2006, Mukesh has kick-started the most ambitious venture in Indian corporate history. Both Wal-Mart and Reliance Retail will be in a race to grab prime locations near urban centres in India. Mukesh has the decisive edge here because Reliance Retail has already locked in real estate for the super stores and hyper markets across the country. Analysts would argue that the really deep pockets of Wal-Mart would enable it to negate this advantage enjoyed by Mukesh. But they would be missing one vital point here: and that is the tremendous lobbying clout that Mukesh enjoys in the country’s ruling establishment.

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An IIPM and Management Guru Professor Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative